Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2014, 3:11 AM CDT for 13 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2014, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 7:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
187 WWUS83 KSGF 300811 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 311 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS TODAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088-089-310100- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0013.140330T1700Z-140331T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE- 311 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-44... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AND ANY ONGOING FIRES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET OUT OF CONTROL EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY IN DRY GRASSES AND LEAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HATCH
2 follow-up statements
663 WWUS83 KSGF 301441 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 941 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS TODAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088-089-310100- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0013.140330T1700Z-140331T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE- 941 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-44... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND ANY FIRES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET OUT OF CONTROL AND SPREAD RAPIDLY ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND LEAVES. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
754 WWUS83 KSGF 310055 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 755 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088-089-310200- /O.CAN.KSGF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140331T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE- 755 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CONDITIONS NO LONGER WARRANT CONTINUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING...THUS IT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.